CONTENT-ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN SELF-CONSTRUING DURING A CAREER TRANSITION

We examined the process of career transition for a group of teacher tr ainees in the 2-year Technical and Further Education leacher preparati on program. Content analysis was used to determine the extent of any s ignificant change in construct use oner time, to illustrate the nature of that change, and to examine the literal similarity of constructs o ver the study period. Results showed there was a change in construct u se over time. The literal similarity of the constructs as determined b y the content analysis supported the operational similarity of the con structs revealed by a cluster analytic technique in an earlier study. Categories of forcefulness, organization, status, self-sufficiency, an d time orientation were identified as important, indicating an emphasi s on personal and professional development.